Women around the world want the power to choose how many children to have – and when. Evidence shows that where women are empowered, there’s a natural fall in birth rate.

Yet many women – both in developed countries and in the Global South – lack the contraception, knowledge and freedom to take control of their fertility.

To help tackle this issue, we’ve joined forces with selected grassroots NGOs to create Empower to Plan crowdfunding. It’s your chance to get behind effective family planning providers, back their projects and increase their impact.

Help us empower more women to plan – for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of future generations and the planet that sustains us all.

How it works

Find out about the projects which Empower to Plan aims to support
by reading the NGO project pages

Stay tuned
Keep checking back here for updates, new projects and the success stories you’ve helped make happen.

Population Matters will use 100% of your donation to empower women (and enable men to fulfil their responsibilities re: family planning and women’s rights) through healthcare and family planning – which bring additional economic and environmental benefits. Population Matters will bear all of the costs of running Empower to Plan. If you’d like to contribute towards our running costs, please donate here.

*100% of your donation will be used to help fund empowerment projects, with all administration/running costs being borne by Population Matters. Whilst Population Matters will take into account any preference indicated in the making of your donation as to which project you’d like to support, Population Matters has the discretion to use some or all of your donation for other empowerment projects.

Positive impact on population, people and planet

Send a clear message to decision-makers that you’re concerned about the impact of unsustainable population growth on communities – and that it’s time to address the population issue.

As well as meeting unmet need for family planning, Empower to Plan projects often benefit people and planet in other ways – helping to tackle cultural barriers to women’s reproductive rights, provide education for girls or protecting fragile ecosystems and wildlife.

Why family planning?

An estimated 200 million women lack the contraception, knowledge and support they need to take control of their fertility.

Many women face cultural barriers – such as patriarchal attitudes or traditions of early marriage – preventing them from choosing the number and spacing of their children.

Unplanned and unwanted pregnancies can limit their life choices and keep their families trapped in a cycle of poverty, as they struggle to provide for more children than they can afford.

Meeting women’s unmet need for family planning and empowerment not only gives them the chance to improve their own lives, but naturally brings down birth rates – helping tackle the wider issue of unsustainable population growth.

Population Matters is primarily a campaigning and awareness-raising charity, but alongside this essential work we’re keen to support likeminded organisations that are busy putting our recommendations into action.

About our partners

Our partners are carefully selected grassroots NGOs. Each is taking practical action, aligned with our mission and values, and with a proven track record of impact.

WINGS needs your help to raise £2,400 – enough money to pay for the contraceptives distributed by five of their local Volunteer Health Promoters over the course of a year. Choose this project to help women and men in remote Guatemalan communities access the modern contraceptives they need to plan for sustainable families.